# TVeblen.  Will 'sod' or 'forget' do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 28, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839 "2005-05-28T00:34:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839/1 "2005-05-28T00:34:27Z")

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You closed [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318605) becuse it wasn’t a rant and you couldn’t move it elsewhere because it contained a swear word.

Well I am wondering… is a post in the Pit only now allowed if it is a ‘rant’?

Can I post it without the naughty word in another forum? (it does afterall reperesent an important self-insight)

Can I point out that while I agree that up to a point posting drunk can be a bad idea, in my case it usually isn’t and the thread/post often turns out to be acceptable.

And finally, what is it I should be cooling? I’m not angry. I’m not extatic either. And the closed thread does not break the fairly relaxed written rules for posting in the BBQ Pit.

Sorry, that wasn’t the finally. _This_ is. I was going to put this in ATMB but I realized this _is_ a rant. So I’ve changed my mind and put it here.

For a message board that arguably leans to the left, and compared to almost every single message board in existence on the internet, this one has some remarkably fascist administration/moderation.

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839/2 "2005-05-28T00:39:52Z")

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Last Call!!!

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**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839/3 "2005-05-28T00:40:18Z")

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Dude, when you are sober you post some pretty useless crap and plenty of it. Please don’t inflict your drunk posting upon us. Nicely done **Veb**.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839/4 "2005-05-28T00:43:53Z")

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One more thing (clearly I am the worst in the world at finalies)

If you decide to close this one. I will drop it. I know when I’m beaten.

**fruitbat** your post is going in the ‘when was the last time your feelings were hurt’ thread. Thanks a lot\*\*

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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tveblen-will-sod-or-forget-do/305839/5 "2005-05-28T00:58:34Z")

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Here’s a hint, **Lobsang**. Never appeal to a jack-booted fascist on the basis of “important self-insight.”

I don’t argue with drunks, either.

Locked.

TVeblen  
Pit mod